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    Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter, the main character of nine films produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939. The Torchy Blane series,...
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  • Torchy Blane in Panama is a 1938 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, and Tom Kennedy. Released on May...
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  • Torchy Blane in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. Released on February...
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    for a Day (1933). Starting with Smart Blonde (1937), Farrell played Torchy Blane, a daring female reporter, in a series of popular films which later was...
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  • Smart Blonde (category Torchy Blane films)
    mystery film directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, a fast-talking wisecracking female reporter, teaming up with her boyfriend...
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    1937 (1936) but a bigger one in Smart Blonde (1936), the first of the Torchy Blane series. She appeared in Ready, Willing and Able (1937), The King and...
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    Charles and Joel and Garda Sloane, Warner Bros. having Perry Mason, Torchy Blane, Brass Bancroft and Nancy Drew. Universal had Bill Crane while Fox had...
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  • Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Noel M. Smith, written by Earle Snell and Charles Belden, and starring...
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  • inspired by actress Glenda Farrell's portrayal of the fictional reporter Torchy Blane in a series of films. Siegel took her name from actress Lola Lane. Depictions...
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    (1938) as Duke Lafferty He Couldn't Say No (1938) as Ed the reporter Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) as Reynolds Crime School (1938) as Reporter Covering...
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  • cyclist Paul Torchy, a competitor in the inaugural 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 1925 French Grand Prix and the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix Torchy Blane, a female...
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  • Torchy Gets Her Man is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane and Barton MacLane as...
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  • landowner and F.R.S. Jonas Blane, character in American TV show The Unit Torchy Blane, female reporter in Warner Bros. films Blane (given name) Blain (surname)...
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    B-films based on the character, to serve as a companion to their popular Torchy Blane B-film series, which starred Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, and Tom...
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    Penrod and Sam 1931–38 2 Perry Mason 1934–37 6 Philo Vance 1934–40 5 Torchy Blane 1937–39 9 Four Daughters 1938–41 4 Nancy Drew 1938–2019 6 Secret Service...
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  • The Adventurous Blonde (category Torchy Blane films)
    is the third film in the Torchy Blane movie series by Warner Bros. and is followed by Blondes at Work (1938). Torchy Blane is handed a telegram, which...
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    film was a short comedy/Western called The Lamb. He was in all nine Torchy Blane films as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What...
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  • Shooter Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Torchy Blane in Chinatown Torchy Runs for Mayor Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite Another Thin Man 1940...
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    (uncredited) Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) - Cap. McTavish Union Pacific (1939) - Old Man (uncredited) Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) - Cap. McTavish Torchy Blane...
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    When Were You Born (1938) .... Nita Kenton√ (Cancer) Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) .... Torchy Blane Four Wives (1939) .... Thea Lemp Crowley Daughters...
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    B pictures before leaving the studio: Heart of the North (1938) and Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939). Republic Pictures borrowed Knowles to play the lead...
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  • Fly-Away Baby (category Torchy Blane films)
    1937 American crime-mystery film starring Glenda Farrell as reporter Torchy Blane, along with her detective boyfriend, Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) solving...
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  • (1959) Torchy Blane Smart Blonde (1937) Fly-Away Baby (1937) The Adventurous Blonde (1937) Blondes at Work (1938) Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) Torchy Gets...
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    Happen, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gold Diggers in Paris, The Sisters, Torchy Blane in Chinatown, The Rookie Cop, The Old Maid, Waterloo Bridge, Flight Angels...
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  • Nebel in the Black Mask magazine. The movie is also a remake of the Torchy Blane film Smart Blonde (1937). Nightclub owner Philip Richards announced that...
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  • 1938 Women Are Like That April 30, 1938 The Beloved Brat May 7, 1938 Torchy Blane in Panama May 14, 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood Nominee of the Academy...
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    Young) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) .... James Chan (as Sen Yung) Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) .... Chinese Entertainer with Sword (uncredited)...
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    in seven of the nine films featuring the fictional newspaper reporter Torchy Blane. During the 1930s and 1940s, MacLane worked alongside Humphrey Bogart...
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  • Blondes at Work (category Torchy Blane films)
    fourth film in a series of Torchy Blane movies by Warner Bros. Released on February 6, 1938, it is followed by Torchy Blane in Panama (1938). The film...
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  • (1938) Daredevil Drivers (1938) Mystery House (1938) Over the Wall (1938) Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) Somewhere in the Night (1946) "Anderson Lawler (1902-1959)...
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